Chinese Calligraphy - An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique
ISBN: 9781447423652 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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Le Reve
ISBN: 9781463413651 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Caroline Fairchild has never met a mystic, never known the Magic, never matched wits with a dark queen and never ever ridden bareback on a unicorn. All she knows is that her life has taken a turn for the worst since her step mother banished her to the wood shed. But all that is about to change when she meets Ali, a mysterious girl of the garden who shares with her its secrets. Guided by a mystic and helped by the magic Caroline along with Uni, a mystical friend brought to life through the wonder of dreams, must struggle to find their way through the the forest of shadows. On the path they...
Caroline Fairchild has never met a mystic, never known the Magic, never matched wits with a dark queen and never ever ridden bareback on a unicorn. Al...
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Le Reve
ISBN: 9781463413668 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Caroline Fairchild has never met a mystic, never known the Magic, never matched wits with a dark queen and never ever ridden bareback on a unicorn. All she knows is that her life has taken a turn for the worst since her step mother banished her to the wood shed. But all that is about to change when she meets Ali, a mysterious girl of the garden who shares with her its secrets. Guided by a mystic and helped by the magic Caroline along with Uni, a mystical friend brought to life through the wonder of dreams, must struggle to find their way through the the forest of shadows. On the path they...
Caroline Fairchild has never met a mystic, never known the Magic, never matched wits with a dark queen and never ever ridden bareback on a unicorn. Al...
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60,52 zł |
Shahnama: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings
ISBN: 9780754633679 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shahnama: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings presents the first comprehensive examination of the interplay between text and image in the celebrated Persian national epic, the Shahnama, written by the poet Firdausi of Tus. The Shahnama is one of the longest poems ever composed and recounts the history of Iran from the dawn of time to the Muslim Arab conquests of the seventh century AD. There is no Persian text, in prose or poetry, which has been so frequently and lavishly illustrated. Offering fresh insights through a range of varied art-historical approaches to the Shahnama, the...
Shahnama: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings presents the first comprehensive examination of the interplay between text and image in the...
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643,39 zł |
The Art and Craft of Hand Lettering: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration
ISBN: 9780615466965 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most highly recommend instructional books for broad-edged calligraphy, this handbook is ideal for classes or self-study to master the basics of calligraphy. All of the essentials are included in this volume, from the history and practices of this ancient art to a guide to the tools, materials, and design basics needed to create elegant, beautiful writing for all occasions. Also featured is a gallery of examples from today s best scribes, along with detailed exemplars and diagrams."
One of the most highly recommend instructional books for broad-edged calligraphy, this handbook is ideal for classes or self-study to master the basic...
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108,68 zł |
Calligraphies of Love
ISBN: 9780863569050 / Arabski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Let there be spaces in your togetherness. Inspired by love poems from the Arab and Muslim world, Hassan Massoudy's elegant, swirling compositions capture in calligraphy what countless poets have wrought with words. Through broad strokes and vibrant colours, the artist conveys the essence and meaning of love as captured by Rumi, Khalil Gibran, Ibn Zaydoun and Paul Eluard among others. With over one hundred colour illustrations, Calligraphies of Love is a unique gift book bringing together new... -Let there be spaces in your togetherness. Inspired by love poem... |
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Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550
ISBN: 9781409450238 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Author Joni M. Hand sheds light on the reasons women of the Valois courts from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century commissioned devotional manuscripts. Visually interpreting the non-text elements-portraits, coats of arms, and marginalia-as well as the texts, Hand explores how the manuscripts were used to express the women s religious, political, and/or genealogical concerns. This study is arranged thematically according to the method in which the owner is represented. Recognizing the considerable influence these women had on the appearance of their books, Hand interrogates how the...
Author Joni M. Hand sheds light on the reasons women of the Valois courts from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century commissioned devotional...
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Ze wspomnień szczęściarza
ISBN: 9788324010158 / Polski / Twarda z obwolutą / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Autor - potomek rodzin ziemańsko-inteligenckich, kawalerzysta, konspirator, pisarz, tłumacz, publicysta, historyk sztuki, współzałożyciel i wieloletni szef wydawnictwa Znak -zachował w żywej pamięci obrazy minionego świata i zaludniających go postaci. Refleksje o rodzinnych tradycjach i o kilku spośród wybitnych przodków - między innymi Pawlikowskich i Rodakowskich - wprowadzają do barwnych opisów nieistniejących od z górą półwiecza domów i środowisk, w których spędzał dzieciństwo i młodość. Polskie i zagraniczne szkoły, kampania wrześniowa w siodle, akowska...
Autor - potomek rodzin ziemańsko-inteligenckich, kawalerzysta, konspirator, pisarz, tłumacz, publicysta, historyk sztuki, współzałożyciel i wiel...
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Radomierzyce - archiwa pachnące śmiercią
ISBN: 9788373390294 / Polski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dokumentalny reportaż o wydarzeniach, jakie rozgrywały się w scenerii pięknego pałacu w Radomierzycach, niedaleko Zgorzelca, porównywanego z drezdeńskim Zwingerem. Podczas II wojny światowej w pałacu mieścił się tajny ośrodek niemieckiego wywiadu. Niemcy ukryli tam część zagarniętych w 1940 roku archiwów wywiadu francuskiego, a być może także belgijskiego i holenderskiego. Tutaj przewieziono także archiwum placówki Gestapo w Paryżu zawierające m.in. tajne listy konfidentów i donosicieli. W 1945 roku dokumenty wpadły w ręce Rosjan i były potem wykorzystywane do...
Dokumentalny reportaż o wydarzeniach, jakie rozgrywały się w scenerii pięknego pałacu w Radomierzycach, niedaleko Zgorzelca, porównywanego z dre...
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Balzac, Grandville, and the Rise of Book Illustration
ISBN: 9781409418085 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining how the rise of book illustration affected the historic hegemony of the word, Keri Yousif explores the complex literary and artistic relationship between the novelist HonorA(c) de Balzac and the illustrator J. J. Grandville during the French July Monarchy (1830-1848). Both collaborators and rivals, these towering figures struggled for dominance in the Parisian book trade at the height of the Romantic revolution and its immediate aftermath. Both men were social portraitists who collaborated on the influential encyclopedic portrayal of nineteenth-century society, Les FranAais peints...
Examining how the rise of book illustration affected the historic hegemony of the word, Keri Yousif explores the complex literary and artistic relatio...
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Fabryka fałszywych tekstów...
ISBN: 9788375432541 / Polski / Twarda / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dr Bogusław Gogol - historyk, politolog, od 1988 roku wykładowca w Instytucie Politologii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego. Przedmiotem jego zainteresowań badawczych jest propaganda i cenzura w systemach politycznych państw totalitarnych i autorytarnych XX wieku.
Dr Bogusław Gogol - historyk, politolog, od 1988 roku wykładowca w Instytucie Politologii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego. Przedmiotem jego zainteresowań...
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Calligraphy: A Complete Guide
ISBN: 9780811712941 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learn and master the beautiful and varied art of Western calligraphy. This lavishly illustrated guide includes all the information you need to get started in calligraphy, as well as techniques for the more advanced artist, including using color, carving lettering in wood and stone, and creating abstract and ornamental calligraphy designs. The 40 alphabets included are drawn from throughout the rich history of Western calligraphy, from elaborate Gothic lettering to the clean lines of modern alphabets. An essential reference for calligraphers of all levels. Everything you need to know to get...
Learn and master the beautiful and varied art of Western calligraphy. This lavishly illustrated guide includes all the information you need to get sta...
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108,45 zł |
Calligraphy For Dummies
ISBN: 9780470117712 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You've always admired beautiful calligraphy, but you probably figured it was way too hard to master, right ? Calligraphy is actually much easier than you ever dreamed. All you need is the right guide and you'll be up to speed in no time
Calligraphy For Dummies lets anyone discover the art and fun of lettering. With this hands-on guide, you'll be able to develop your craft and test it out in no time. Starting with the italic alphabet, you'll discover different types of strokes, how to angle your pen, and how to join letters. This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide shows you: ...You've always admired beautiful calligraphy, but you probably figured it was way too hard to master, right ? Calligraphy is actually much easier than ...
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Calligraphy: A Book of Contemporary Inspiration
ISBN: 9780500291214 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The creative design potential of calligraphy is almost limitless: it can be a very personal pathway to explore an enormous array of sophisticated visual concepts. In this striking and original book, renowned calligrapher Denise Lach transforms images from nature into a rich source of inspiration for calligraphic compositions. This is not a technical how-to guide, but an incitement to reinterpret our surroundings in infinitely varied lettering. Lach invites us to look closely at details and textures, expanding our powers of observation and finding ideas in the world around us. Using a... The creative design potential of calligraphy is almost limitless: it can be a very personal pathway to explore an enormous array of sophisticated v... |
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Chinese Calligraphy
ISBN: 9780521186452 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The art of calligraphy is seen as the epitome of Chinese culture. Originating in the earliest abstract symbols carved on cave walls, animal bones and tortoise shells by the ancient Chinese people, over several thousand years calligraphy has become far more than a means of writing and recording events. This book provides an accessible, illustrated introduction to the history of calligraphy from the beginning of the Chinese written language, the methods and styles used by calligraphers through the ages, and the influence that calligraphy has had on modern art around the world.
The art of calligraphy is seen as the epitome of Chinese culture. Originating in the earliest abstract symbols carved on cave walls, animal bones and ...
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The Clement Bible at the Medieval Courts of Naples and Avignon: A Story of Papal Power, Royal Prestige, and Patronage
ISBN: 9780754669807 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a 'biography' of the fourteenth-century illustrated Bible of Clement VII, an opposition pope in Avignon from 1378a 94, this social history traces the Bible's production in Naples (c. 1330) through its changing ownership and meaning in Avignon (c. 1340a 1405) to its presentation as a gift to Alfonso, King of Aragon (c. 1424). The author's novel approach, based on solid art historical and anthropological methodologies, allows her to assess the object's evolving significance and the use of such a Bible to enhance the power and prestige of its princely and papal owners. Through archival...
As a 'biography' of the fourteenth-century illustrated Bible of Clement VII, an opposition pope in Avignon from 1378a 94, this social history traces t...
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720,59 zł |
Chinese Writing and Calligraphy
ISBN: 9780824833640 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Suitable for college and high school students and those learning on their own, this fully illustrated coursebook provides comprehensive instruction in the history and practical techniques of Chinese calligraphy. No previous knowledge of the language is required to follow the text or complete the lessons. The work covers three major areas: 1) descriptions of Chinese characters and their components, including stroke types, layout patterns, and indications of sound and meaning; 2) basic brush techniques; and 3) the social, cultural, historical, and philosophical underpinnings of Chinese... Suitable for college and high school students and those learning on their own, this fully illustrated coursebook provides comprehensive instruction... |
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156,85 zł |
The Calligrapher's Garden
ISBN: 9780863568565 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Hassan Massoudy's calligraphies are arranged to loosely follow the seasons, beginning and ending with autumn: sombre, wintry hues at one end, brilliant tones full of vibrant reds at the other.---Venetia Porter Hassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes of winter and the fading hues of autumn to delicate spring growth and the dazzling sunshine and blooms of summer, he captures in calligraphy what countless poets have wrought with words. Massoudy draws his seasonal inspirations from writers and artists, including Kahlil... -Hassan Massoudy's calligraphies are arranged to loosely follow the seasons, beginning and ending with autumn: sombre, wintry hues at one end, bril... |
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51,98 zł |
The Complete Calligrapher
ISBN: 9781408133989 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This complete guide contains everything you need to know to develop your calligraphic skills. It covers everything from selecting pens and mastering alphabets, letterforms, applied and experimental calligraphy to advanced letter illumination and design.
This complete guide contains everything you need to know to develop your calligraphic skills. It covers everything from selecting pens and mastering a...
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87,44 zł |
Illuminating the End of Time - The Getty Apocalypse Manuscript
ISBN: 9781606060711 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The visionary nature of the Apocalypse - the biblical book of Revelation - along with its detailed descriptions of the end of the world have long made it ideal for illustration. This title offers an illustrated exploration of this 13th-century English Apocalyptic manuscript.
The visionary nature of the Apocalypse - the biblical book of Revelation - along with its detailed descriptions of the end of the world have long made...
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325,08 zł |